Redskins star plays two quarters with a broken arm - and says he build up his pain tolerance testing mom's tasers

Washington Redskins' star Nick Sundberg has attracted plaudits for his bravery after he played two quarters of Sunday's 40-32 win at the New Orleans Saints with a broken arm.

The long snapper, who described the incident as ‘the worst thing I’ve ever put myself through’, has attributed his high pain tolerance to the fact that he has regularly been tasered - for fun - since he was a young boy.

Sundberg's mother, Stacie, works for Taser International, maker of the most common brand of electroshock gun.

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It turns out he underestimated her. Sundberg was tasered twice that day and apparently didn't mind the sensation too much.

'It hurts a lot. It completely incapacitates you. Usually it’s a five-second run time. All your muscles lock up. When we did it, we tried to do it as safely as possible. We’d have two guys stand there so you don’t face-plant. But the second it’s off, it’s off, and you’re like, 'What did I just do?’ There’s no pain or anything. That’s why I was able to keep going back to it over and over again.'

Sundberg's arm was broken by an opponent's helmet late in the first half of the Redskin's victory on Sunday.

Halftime X-rays revealed the fracture. Sundberg received a 'very small dosage of pain killers' and an anti-inflammatory shot before re-taking the field for six second-half snaps – two punts, two field
goals and two extra points.

Out of the game: Sundberg faces a long lay-off after breaking his arm

'It was more adrenaline than anything
when it happened,' he said. 'I broke the same arm before, so I knew
exactly what had happened right when it happened. So I was more pissed
off than anything, because I knew I had just broke my arm. I’m like,
well this really sucks... and I was really, really upset.

'So
I think the shock that I had just broken my arm and the adrenaline
racing was covering up the pain at that point,' he continued.

Hard man: Sundberg convinced himself that the pain really wasn't that big a deal after breaking his arm

'When that went away and it kind of set in, it was definitely pretty awful. But I was just happy that I was able to fight through it and deal with it, just to tell myself that it didn’t hurt. And we were able to get the W.'

Sundberg said the injury was 'a full
break,' and he is waiting to
see if his season can continue.